Long shot but thought I'd try here for some advice!
I've been getting pain in my foot for a couple of months now. Its my left foot, between the mid-line and outer edge, on the top of the foot about half way down. The pain comes and goes, some days I can barely walk, other days its not so bad. Uneven ground or treading on a lump unawares can be very painful. The past week I've also been getting tingling/pins and needles in the outer two or three toes, progressing to slight numbness. I've not not had any obvious injury or knock, and I don't run or anything at the moment, but do walk a lot.
I saw a doctor three weeks ago, and on her advice took full doseage ibuprofen three times a day for two weeks, as an anti-inflammatory. No better once I stopped taking them, so have been back and seen a different doctor today. He reckons its metatarsalgia, and has told me to use ibuprofen gel three times a day for a month. He googled it in the surgery and showed me a webpage listing the symptoms, and I said at the time that the description of metatarsalgia did not match what I had - it described pain in the ball of the foot, or underside of the foot, my pain is nearer the top. He was fairly dismissive, told me to use the gel and come back if it didn't improve. He also suggested wearing sensible shoes (I was wearing flat sandals!).
Neither doctor really seemed to have a clue what might be causing the pain so I am reaching out to see if anyone else has an idea! If it is metatarsalgia then fine, but having looked it up at home it really does not sound like it. The numbness in the toes is worrying me as that has come on over the past few days - I have visions of them turning blue and falling off while the doctors just keep me on ibuprofen!! Any advice or ideas please??